"In recent years, growing income inequality and economic stress
have made it easier to exploit divisions in American society. But
those divisions only end up undermining the political effectiveness
of ordinary citizens. In this important book, William Julius Wilson
shrewdly argues for organizing a grass-roots multiracial coalition
around policies that would make the economy work for ordinary
Americans. The rest is up to us."--Senator Paul Wellstone
"For two decades, William Julius Wilson has exemplified a
combination of academic creativity, personal integrity, and public
commitment that is embarrassingly rare among scholars. His long
line of crucially important scholarship now culminates in "The
Bridge over the Racial Divide."--Jennifer Hochschild, author of
"Facing Up to the American Dream
William Julius Wilson is practical, provocative and optimistic.
In his much needed book, he offers concrete steps towards solving
the crippling problem of race and inequality in America that too
many others dismiss as intractable.--Marion Wright Edelman,
President, The Children's Defense Fund
This book is a superb contribution to the national debate about
equality, class, race, and politics. Defying easy categories, as he
always does, William Julius Wilson manages to square the circle by
blending a strategy of racial uplift with one of practical and
believable politics.--Robert Kuttner, coeditor, "The American
Prospect
Combining the detachment of a great scholar with the passion of
a deeply concerned citizen, William Julius Wilson calls for a new
multiracial coalition of all those who have been losing ground in
America. This is an important and timely book.--Robert B. Reich,
UniversityProfessor and Maurice B. Hexter Professor of Social and
Economic Policy, Brandeis University
Through several seminal works, William Julius Wilson boldly
redefined the discourse of race in American society. By unveiling
the inextricable interplay between ethnicity and class, Wilson
established a paradigm for the study of racial relations at the end
of the century as original as that of W. E. B. Du Bois at the
beginning. In "The Bridge over the Racial Divide, Wilson once again
confirms his status as an original thinker, articulating the
necessity of a multiracial coalition politics for a twenty-first
century America riven by social inequality and racial
discrimination. A must read for all of us who care about justice
and democracy in a multicultural America.--Henry Louis Gates, Jr.,
W. E. B. Du Bois Professor of the Humanities, Harvard
University
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